3/1/06 -- From a Dynamic Facilitation Skills for Emergent Leadership seminar this past week, the folks at the Benton/Franklin Dispute Resolution Center in Washington State have decided to conduct research into how Dynamic Facilitation can be used with (or to replace) the standard mediation process.

3/1/06 -- At a recent Dynamic Facilitation Skills for Emergent Leadership seminar in Portland OR, the group decided to keep meeting, to practice. One of people to contact if you have been to the seminar and want to join that group is Adin Rogovin.

3/1/06 During the recent Portland seminar Christine Valenza, a professional graphic facilitator, captured some of the process on different murals. Fantastic! Check them out.

3/1/06 -- The new traveling version of the Dynamic Facilitation Skills seminars are three days in your area. If you can arrange for ten full-paying people and an adequate meeting facility, why not co-sponsor a public seminar in your area?

3/1/06 -- Because Dynamic Facilitation elicits a quality of thinking and talking known as choice-creating, it makes possible new dimensions of democracy. See the new article on how this can be at www.societysbreakthrough.com/TransftheConv.html

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### The Rogue Valley Wisdom Council experiment

The Wisdom Council is a social invention that uses Dynamic Facilitation to create a "We the People" for a city, county, or even a nation. ...

See the streaming video of "Democracy in America" to gain an experience of it. (22 minutes) by Joseph McCormick. The program will begin automatically ... or it can be seen on Real Video at "Democracy in America."

During the weekend of November 15th and 16th about 20 volunteers under the auspices of the Center for Wise Democratic Processes established an experimental version of the Wisdom Council in the Rogue Valley of Oregon. It worked! Joseph McCormick and Pat Spino made a film documentary of it; Emily Reilly, the mayor of Santa Cruz was a turned-on observer; Elliot Shuford from the U. of Oregon was a researcher; Tom Atlee, author of The Tao of Democracy said, "It was an awakening of the People, by the People and for the whole People." For more information see www.RVWC.org.

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### Audio description of Dynamic Facilitation

• There's a new audio description of Dynamic Facilitation available on this web site.

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### PEGS article ... The Good Society

• Check out the new article on the Rebirth of 'We the People' which appeared in "PEGS ... The Good Society."

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### Association of Quality and Participation interview

• Check out the interview of Jim Rough ... covering Dynamic Facilitation, Choice-creating, the Wisdom Couincil and the Citizens Amendment ... in News for a Change May 03.

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### Wisdom Council Experiment, Pleasantville, NY

Nancy Rosanoff organized a second year's Wisdom Council Experiment in Pleasantville, NY over the weekend of November 16-17, 2002. It's called the Great Oak Council. Jim Rough was the dynamic facilitator ...

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### Society's Breakthrough!

Jim's book, Society's Breakthrough: Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in ALL the People describes Dynamic Facilitation, the Wisdom Council, models of change, transformational talking, and especially, the Citizens Amendment, showing how it is possible to to transform society to become democratic, sustainable and wise.

Responses to the book:

This book is a masterpiece. It's shocking! It's stunning! . . . The whole book really flows and it all makes perfect sense. ... Cynthia Bost, O. D. Consultant...

I believe that you have written a seminal and important book, a contribution of genuine value. It is worthy of the most serious study and most widespread consideration, and it promises to generate and carry forward a whole new chapter in the dialogue of the common life. ... Robert L. Powers ... Distinguished Service Professor of Adlerian Studies in Culture and Personality at the Adlerian School of Professional Psychology

Society's Breakthrough is a brilliant and highly inspiring book. (Jim is) a great ‘Amerian original’ in the best American traditiion; a man calling us to evolve to democracy. Gus Jaccaci ... Unity Scholars

Review by the AQP

Review by Bruce Elkin

Review by Sterling Newberry

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### It's here ... A Manual on Dynamic Facilitation

A Dynamic Facilitation Manual and Reader: Evoking practical group creativity through generative dialogue by Rosa Zubizarreta and Jim Rough published by the Center for Wise Democratic Processes. This manual can be ordered from Jim Rough and Associates by emailing seminars@tobe.net.\

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### The Jim Rough Show

The Jim Rough Show has been on PTTV (Local Access Television) since 3/2000. Shows include Jorge Rubio on Non Violent Communication; Robert Gilman on the Context Institute; Jennifer and David Walton on Stealth Viruses; Bill Maier on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Jerry Christiansen on Organizing an Innovative High School; Tom Atlee on Innovations in Democracy, and many topics from "Society's Breakthrough!" --how it would positively impact different issues:

• Society's Breakthrough! Overview (with DeAnna Martin)
• The Terrorist Threat (with DeAnna Martin)
• Rising Medical Costs (with Jim Ewing)
• The Environmental Crisis (with Karen Barrows)
• Transforming Local Democracy (with DeAnna Martin)
• Overcoming the Breakdown of Big Cities (with Karen Barrows) .. and more on the way ...

Plus, there are two half-hour shows on an experiment with this process in Pleasantville NY. These must be ordered through Nancy Rosanoff.

• Wisdom Council Overview ("The Listening Place" with Nancy Rosanoff)
• Wisdom Council Experiment ... presentation by townspeople

One segment per tape is $8.00 plus shipping ... additional shows can be added to each tape for $3.00 each. Order by emailing seminars@tobe.net.

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########The Center for Wise Democratic Processes

The Center for Wise Democratic Processes, aimed at promoting the Wisdom Council -- along with Dynamic Facilitation Skills and the Citizens Amendment -- is now a reality. If you are interested in knowing more or in helping this new effort see www.WiseDemocracy.org.

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AQP Article on Teams

In the Spring issue of Quality and Participation, the cover article was Using Crises and Teams to "Turn on" a System by Jim Rough.

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IAP2 Article on the Wisdom Council

The International Association of Public Participation published the article Wisdom Council in local communities.

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Communities Magazine Article

The Winter 2000 issue of Communities magazine -- it came out late-- has an article about Dynamic Facilitation by Tom Atlee, How to Make a Decision without Making a Decision.

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Hawaii Seminar on Dynamic Facilitation Skills

Rosa Zubizretta and Elliot Shuford completed a four day Dynamic Facilitation Skills training on Molokai Hawaii (see Hui Ho’olana at www.huiho.org to rave reviews. ( May 26 - June 1, 2001)

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Wisdom Council experiment

A test of the Wisdom Council was conducted in Eugene on the weekend of January 20-21, 2001, with a random sample of low income people. It was established by Adin Rogovin of the Wisdom Council Project. Tom Atlee wrote news articles about it.

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